Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Birthday: 24 March 1887, Smith Center, Kansas, USA
Birth Name: Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle
Height: 175 cm
Roscoe Arbuckle, one of nine children, was the baby of the family who weighed a reported 16 pounds at birth. Born in Smith Center, Kansas, on March 24, 1887, his family moved to California when he was ...Show More
I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never Show more
I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a doorway or stuck in a chair. If you'll analyze my pictures you'll see that they're humorous in themselves, except, of course, that the audience remarks about the agility on account of the weight. Titles and trademarks don't count. They're no good unless the picture is funny. Hide
[when he was called "Fatty" off-screen, a nickname he hated] I got a name, you know.
[when he was called "Fatty" off-screen, a nickname he hated] I got a name, you know.
I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh.
I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh.
How did I become a star? I don't know how it happened. When I look at my old pictures, I can't tell Show more
How did I become a star? I don't know how it happened. When I look at my old pictures, I can't tell how it happened! Hide
My birth and a cyclone blew Smith Center [Kansas] off the map.
My birth and a cyclone blew Smith Center [Kansas] off the map.
[on his sex-and-murder scandal in 1921] I don't understand it. One minute I'm the guy everybody love Show more
[on his sex-and-murder scandal in 1921] I don't understand it. One minute I'm the guy everybody loves, the next I'm the guy everybody loves to hate. Hide
[on his first wedding anniversary, shortly before his death] This is the best day of my life.
[on his first wedding anniversary, shortly before his death] This is the best day of my life.
You only star in movies from picture to picture. If two or three pictures are bad, you're not a star Show more
You only star in movies from picture to picture. If two or three pictures are bad, you're not a star anymore. It's a constant worry. That's why movie people are temperamental. It's a terrible strain! Hide
A good laugh...is the most worthwhile thing in life.
A good laugh...is the most worthwhile thing in life.
[on Charles Chaplin] I have always regretted not having been his partner in a longer film than these Show more
[on Charles Chaplin] I have always regretted not having been his partner in a longer film than these one-reelers we made so rapidly. He is a complete comic genius, undoubtedly the only one of our time and he will be the only one who will be still talked about a century from now. Hide
No price is too high to pay for a good laugh.
No price is too high to pay for a good laugh.
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties whether applied to children or grown-ups. M Show more
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties whether applied to children or grown-ups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and therefore with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward. Nothing would grieve me more than to have mothers say, "Let's not go there [in cinema] today, Arbuckle is playing and he isn't fit for children to see." I want them to think always otherwise for me, for as long as I can please the kiddies, I don't care who entertains their elders. Hide
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